Natalie Bridgeman Fields

Natalie Bridgeman Fields, founder and executive director of Accountability Counsel, is one of the world’s experts on international accountability for human rights and environmental abuses.

Previously, she served as a consultant on accountability for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank Inspection Panel.

Earlier in her career, as a lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and through her own law office, Fields litigated corporate, human rights, and environmental cases in U.S. courts. At Wilson Sonsini, she was part of the Cabello v. Fernández-Larios team that litigated the first case to render a jury verdict on a crimes against humanity claim under the Alien Tort Claims Act. Also at Wilson Sonsini, Fields headed and participated in the firm’s pro bono asylum program.

Fields frequently guest lectures on international law, international financial institution accountability, and use of U.S. courts to litigate human rights and environmental claims.

A graduate of Cornell University, Fields was the recipient of numerous national awards, including the Udall National Environmental Policy Fellowship and the Michael Schwerner National Activist Award. She received her law degree from UCLA School of Law’s Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs.

A member of the State Bar of California, Fields is admitted to practice in the Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Fields lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children. She continues to occasionally perform as a singer/songwriter with her vocal trio of over 20 years.